A handful of Hardin County residents have reported finding plastic bags filled with what they believe to be poisoned hamburger meat.

Residents living on Work Road, just off of FM 418, believe the meat is being placed on lawns to poison dogs, Animal Control Officer Andrea Creel said.

Creel, who works for the Kountze Police Department, said no one is certain if the hamburger meat has been poisoned, but the case has been turned over to the Hardin County Sheriff's Office for investigation.

The sheriff's office was unable to comment about the report Thursday afternoon.